By definition, average is the reality — the average of the daily low from the last 30 years.
Heh. Got an inch of snow last night here in the Rockies. I think summer this year was July 23rd 1-3 pm.
Thank’s for all the advice guys. The aussie friend flies in from LA, and is spending a week in california and Austin visiting some family. The hardest thing to plan out is exactly what they will be interested in. Thinking is they’ll enjoy the constitution center, or they may think it’s boring, since it has nothing to do with their government. It’s also hard to believe someone does not know how to play baseball, so maybe we’ll just have a home run derby type game, where we just work on our hitting our fielding.
The Grand Canyon
It may be too late in the year for this, but a county fair would be a great thing to take them to. You’ve got the 4-H kids with their chickens and rabbits, the Ferris wheel, the deep-fried Oreos, the pig races. It’s very American and lots of fun.
The idea of going to a high school football is great!
I like DC and I’d definitely encourage them to go there, but beyond that, IMO, a big city is a big city is a big city. Instead of focusing on urban areas, I’d try to get them out to some national parks and nearby small towns or less-huge cities like Austin.
Just don’t ask to see the basement. There’s no basement at the Alamo! 
While in DC, go to the The International Spy Museum, it’s probably going to be the most memorable experience out of everything they do. That’s how awesome the place is my good man.
I’m American and I don’t have a clue how to play baseball. Since they’re here for the month of November something Thanksgiving related might be in order. Aren’t the reenactments of the first Thanksgiving (or at least the fantasy version of it) in Plymouth? New England has alot of Colonial and Revolutionary War sites. I second the idea of a visit to the Amish country
In November?
Ditto the Smithsonian in Washington, DC. It even beats the Deutches Museum in Munchen.
Out west, Death Valley is an overlooked gem, though somewhat like the Outback I think. Grand Canyon never fails to please, either.
Be careful about “American Cheese”. It’s a sort of jello with various flavors in it. It does have some cheese in it, but not enough. It’s usually extruded, sometimes into a folded plastic tube that is pinched off every few cm. When they say “with cheese”, they often mean this stuff instead.
Be careful about traffic circles, too. They are uncommon enough in the US that you will often find the wrong people yielding, and sometimes moments of hysteria where everything stops unexpectedly.
Better make it an NHL or NFL game…or both. Philadelphia Flyers should be a much improved team…and decent batch of opponents that month…Flyers official site.
YUM! I love the dill pickles they put out as a snack.
Huh?
I can’t recommend New England in November, so there’s something you can miss. It’s still nice but it’s gray and rainy and brown. Not the prime time at all.
If by “Austin” you mean “Austin, TX” you might want to take him to some of the local college watering holes, so they can compare the experience. With an Aussie accent, scoring some American babes should be like shooting fish in a barrel. If he’s into that sort of thing, of course. 
Try not to pick up girls at the HS football game. They just appear legal. 
It’s hard to tell you what to do on the East Coast, given the size of it. Are they driving all this, or flight-hopping/car renting?
It all depends. If it’s labeled simply American Cheese (e.g., Kraft Deli Deluxe), it’s made only of cheese and emulsifying salts. McDonald’s uses a sharp version of American Cheese on their sandwiches.
Further down on the palatability scale, American Cheese Product (e.g., Kraft American Singles, Velveeta) contains as little as 51% cheese, while American Cheese Food (e.g., Cheez Whiz) contains less than 51% cheese.
P.S. Jell-O is a brand name; gelatin is the generic term.
I’m still confused about the “folded plastic tube”.
String cheese maybe? Cheetos?
Since they’ll be in Austin for a week, they should definitely check out San Antonio. Austin is pretty much a big city with a college feel. San Antonio is quite different from other large US cities because of its Mexican influences.
I just noticed that the OP is from Philly. :o
Well, take my above advice and apply it to local colleges. Results should be about the same.
I think one of the nights I’ll take him to my local college bar. I know there’s plans thus far to do NYC, philly, Baltimore, and DC. I’m not a fan of NYC so I’m hoping to convince them to take out a day or two from NYC and go to Boston instead (love that city).
County fair and small town sounds like great ideas. High school football game as well. He’ll be here over Thanksgiving so we’ll do traditional stuff. Surprisingly all he keeps raving about is how he wants to tail gate. What he doesn’t care, apprently they just don’t do it to the extent that we do in the states.
PS I’m commenting more on things that I haven’t thought of, or that I’ll be doing with him (east coast stuff) but I’m sending all the suggestions to my friends, thanks for all the tips.
What about foods as well? Is turkey, crabs, ribs, steak, etc as prevalent in Australia?